单词 | levee |
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音标 | ['levi] |
解释 | n.防洪堤;隄岸 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 防洪堤(an embankmen);隄岸(bank of a river) 【考】 rampart : invasion / levee : flood(堡垒防止入侵/河堤 防止洪水)levee : river / cordon : crowd(河堤阻挡河流/警戒 线阻挡人群) 【记】 注意不要和lever(杠 杆)相混 |
字源 | levee (n.1) 1719, "natural or artificial embankment to prevent overflow of a river," from New Orleans French levée "raising, lifting; embankment," from French, originally fem. past participle of lever "to raise," from Latin levare "to raise" (see lever). levee (n.2) "morning assembly held by a prince or king (upon rising from bed)," 1670s, from French lever "a raising," noun use of verb meaning "to raise" (see levee (n.1)). |
不择手段背单词 | n. (防止河流泛滥而建造的)防洪堤; 隄岸 【记】lev是"quot;升起"quot;的词根 【参】lever(n 杠杆; 控制杆; v 擡起); leverage(n 杠杆作用); levitate(v 使轻轻浮起) 【类】rampart: invasion = levee: flood = cordon: crowd = padding: damage堡垒防止入侵 = 河隄防止洪水 = 警戒线阻挡人群 = 填塞物防止损伤 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】lev- 提高,升起, 比地平面高出一截的东西;level 水平,水平面,+ ee 对象,相关的物→levee是控制水平面的大堤 |
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